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no longer be legally applicable to the project. For these reasons, the loss of agricultural land would be a significant unavoidable impact. Williamson Act The 83-acre Brocchini parcel was subject to a Williamson Act contract before the land was acquired by the City of Stockton and annexed to the City in 1997. A Land Conservation (Williamson) Act contract, if the owner chooses to enter into it, restricts-the use of the land to agricultural purposes for a period of ten years, in exchange for reduced property taxes that reflect agricultural use of the land. When the Brocchini parcel was.annexed by the City of Stockton, the Williamson Act contract was cancelled in accordance with Government Code Section 51295. The proposed project would transfer the Brocchini parcel to a private owner along with the other project parcels. In this situation, Section 51295 requires that, prior to the sale of the affected parcel, it shall be reenrolled in a Williamson Act contract or encumbered by an enforceable restriction with terms at least as restrictive as those provided by the section. The duration of the restriction or Williamson Act contract shall be determined by subtracting the length of time the land was held by the acquiring agency from the number of years that remained on the original contract at the time of acquisition of the land. In addition,the public agency shall, prior to the sale of the Brocchini property,give written notice to the State Director of Conservation and the local governing body responsible for the administration of the agricultural preserve. Development Title. Section 1810.3(b)(1)(R) lists Major Impact Services, which includes landfills,as a permitted use on land subject to a Williamson Act Contract. Traffic The traffic volumes in-the vicinity of the Austin Road Landfill have changed substantially since the preparation of the 1994 EIR. Therefore, a new'traffic analysis has been prepared by Rajappan and Meyer Consulting Engineers for the landfill expansion project. The traffic study and analysis conducted is consistent with the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the ( BNSF Stockton Intermodal Facility Project (April-1999). All assumptions made in the BNSF Stockton Intermodal Facility Study have also been made for this traffic analysis. This analysis focuses on the operation of the key intersections in the vicinity of the project site that were selected based on the review of the BNSF traffic analysis,which includes the following: • Austin RoadlMariposa Road • Austin RoadlArch Road • Austin Road/French Camp Road • Austin RoadlLandfill Site Access The entrance to the landfill site is on Austin Road, approximately 3.5 miles north of French Camp Road,and about 2 miles south of Mariposa Road. Immediately south of the project site is the Forward Inc. Landfill. i Other land uses in the project area generally consist of agricultural uses and the CYA and Northern { California Women's facilities to the north of the project site. The primary study area network consists of the f following roadways: Mariposa Road, French Camp Road,Arch Road,Austin Road, and State Route 99. The majority of currentvehicles traveling to and from the project site are refuse trucks(about 100 trucks per 4 day,with about 14 trucks per hour spread evenly throughout the two-hour morning peak period,7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.) (Final Environmental Impact Report, Austin Road Landfill Expansion Project,June 1994). Each truck represents two one-way trips (inbound full and outbound empty); therefore, there are currently about 20 truck trips per day,of which about 28 trips occur during the a.m. peak hour. The majority of trucks travel San Joaquin County GP-99-7, ZR-99-6, UP-99-17, ER-99-21City of Stockton Community Development Page 8 I